17 Behind-The-Scenes Images That Show What Film Creators Hide From Us
Filmmaking can produce funny photos. If we’re working in the industry, they probably won’t surprise us. Unfortunately, we aren’t. Now, looking at these images at their face value.
Everything we see on screen looks so perfect. From close-up shots to elaborate fight scenes, we can see cutting-edge visuals, striking shots, and amazing effects so it seems there’s no room for mistakes. To create these shots, filmmakers have been putting all their best effort, ingenuity, and talent into coming up with something as good as possible. All of that takes a lot of time, even months or years to perfect. The skills of the scene decorators, actors, stuntmen, and directors are shown in every shot. The shooting process is a tough job, and the entire group contributes to the success of each scene.
We’ve compiled a list of 17 behind-the-scene that reveal how movie magic happens. If you’re looking for more, read these articles: 23 Photos That Reveal How Hollywood Actually Works and 20+ Photos That Show How The Magic Is Created.
#1 This is how Mark Ruffalo looks on the set of The Avengers
Source: © marvelrussiaofficial / Instagram, © The Avengers / Marvel Studios
#2 This is what the Knave of Hearts’ horse from Alice in Wonderland looks like
#3 The decorations of elves’ homes in The Lord of the Rings
Source: © DantesAwakening / reddit
#4 Michael Jordan filming Space Jam
Source: © thisisnotp0rn / reddit
#5 How water scenes in Life of Pi were filmed
Source: © Join_You_In_The_Sun / reddit
#6 Steven Spielberg testing out the POV shot where E.T. is dressed up as a ghost for Halloween in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Source: © thisisnotp0rn / reddit
#7 This is behind the scenes of GoldenEye (1995), which had the largest amount of miniature work ever in a James Bond movie
Source: © Matts_89 / reddit
#8 Hugh Jackman and crew preparing for a scene in X-men: Days of Future Past
Source: © omet2121 / reddit
#9 This is how Jar Jar Binks looks in reality
Source: © cp_r0bb / reddit
#10 Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and David Fincher on the set of Fight Club
Source: © HellotoHorse / reddit
#11 Bruce Willis on the set of Die Hard
Source: © xavier_grayson / reddit
#12 Filming the tesseract scene in Interstellar
Source: © HellotoHorse / reddit
#13 Hulk is actually not that scary
Source: © dennisdiclaudio / twitter
#14 A bonfire scene in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Source: © ManBearGip / imgur
#15 Brad Pitt is surprised at the special effects in Deadpool 2
Source: making_of_movies
#16 This is how Hollow Man was filmed
Source: movies.effects
#17 This is how the Chinese version of The Matrix was filmed
Source: © Mymbaka / pikabu